Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano (Level 4) for the early intermediate student contains arrangements of Deck the Halls, Away in a Manger, Good King Wenceslas, Silent Night, March of the Toy Soldiers (from the Nutcracker Suite) and more! Arrangements are by Donna McFarland, Cherry Wilson and Tami Wilson. Cute black and white illustrations by artist Sandy Silverthorne.

Follow the Star: Christmas Songs for Piano (Level 5) is a collection for the intermediate piano student. Selections include the beautiful Mary, Did You Know?, a Pachelbel’s Canon with a Christmas twist, Russian Dance (from the Nutcracker Suite), O Holy Night, a sing-a-long carol medley, an original carol by composer Gene Skinner and a lively First Five Days of Christmas, which is based on the traditional 12 Days of Christmas. This fresh new version ends with a boogie woogie on Day 5 as the gift recipient pleads for no more birds. Arrangements by Donna McFarland and Cherry Wilson, illustrated by Sandy Silverthorne.

Both books are available in print in the new Spencer Meadow Press store. Level 4 is also available on Amazon in print and kindle formats. To celebrate these new releases, the kindle version of Level 4 is available for free download on Amazon today through 10/21/15. Click here to get your free copy!

Hi book fans! In honor of the release of the Medieval Mars Anthology, on this Wednesday and Thursday (8/5-8/6) I am running my first ever free kindle promo on Sam and the Dragon, which is included in the anthology. Sam and his cousin Ahni set off across the wilderness of Mars in search of a dragon who has been eating their family’s goats, but their quest turns into more than they possibly could have imagined. This heartwarming story includes illustrations by concept artist Phil Wade and a map by author Bill Sullivan.

Hi Duck fans! I wanted to let you know that the e-version of my early reader Duck and Friends: The Dinosaur Bones will be on sale at Amazon from 2/10-2/15. Sale price $.99, regularly $2.99. Tell your friends and let’s make a splash in the rankings! Great for ages 4-8.

Hey, thanks for everyone who visited and those who played Pick Your Favorite Dragon in my Appreciate a Dragon Day contest & giveaway! Diana was the obvious favorite, although the Medieval Mars dragon got a vote and my son wanted to vote for Duck’s friend Dragon if I had let him enter the drawing, which I didn’t. He has all of my books already. 🙂 Anyway, I used a Random Number Generator from Google and it chose the number 2, which means that the second commenter (Lori) is the winner! Congratulations and thanks again everyone who played!

January 16 is “Appreciate a Dragon Day!” I didn’t realize until today, but I included dragon characters in every series of my children’s books. How could I not have known that? Dragons, I’m sorry! I really appreciate you! In appreciation of my dragons, I am holding a contest to determine the favorite. Vote for your favorite dragon in the comments below and your name will be entered in a drawing to receive a free book of your choice from my Duck and Friends series, Purple Elephant series or Sam and the Dragon. You don’t have to vote for the dragon in the book you’d like to win. So… drumroll, please… the contestants are… .

Medieval Mars Dragon (the newest addition — welcome to the family!)

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Which one is your favorite? You have until 5pm PST Sunday 1/18 to vote. Winners will be announced Sunday night.

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Appreciate a Dragon Day was established in 2004 by author Donita K. Paul to celebrate the release of DragonSpell. On her blog, Ms. Paul lists lots more wonderful ideas on ways to celebrate her holiday.

There were four entries to the drawing, so I had an online Random Number Generator pick a number between 1 and 4 and it picked… 1! Tabitha was the first to comment so she wins the drawing! Thank you, friends and readers, for playing. If you want to pick up a copy and you didn’t win, everything is now live on Amazon in paperback and kindle versions. Click here to order the book.